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‘Flat Lie’: Federal Prosecutors In New York Admitted To Lying About Evidence In Sanctions Case

https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/23/flat-lie-federal-prosecutors-new-york-admitted-to-lying-about-evidence-sanctions-case/

Federal prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan acknowledged in private messages that they lied to the defense team for an Iranian businessman who was convicted on charges that he violated U.S. sanctions, according to documents unsealed on Monday.

Prosecutors in the Southern District of New York (SDNY), which handles some of the government’s most significant criminal cases, tried to block the release of the damning messages, but they were unsealed in response to a request from the Associated Press.

According to the AP, the newly disclosed records showed prosecutors discussing turning over records to the defense team for Ali Sadr Hashemi Nejad, who was charged in 2018 with money laundering, bank fraud, and violating U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran by funneling $115 million through Venezuelan front companies.